asphyxiate
verb (used with object)
to produce asphyxia in.
is asphyxiating
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present progressiveof asphyxiate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Salem’s music is asphyxiating and gloomy, and so was the room, which filled with smoke from the first moment Salem – John Holland, Heather Marlatt, Jack Donoghue – took the stage.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2010
